Trump Insists Asia Trip That Lacked Breakthroughs Was a Success
- U.S. made progress on trade and North Korea, president says
- ‘My message has resonated,’ Trump says at White House
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President Donald Trump pushed back on Wednesday against observations that his nearly two-week trip to Asia had produced no breakthroughs on trade or on North Korea, delivering a 24-minute statement at the White House in defense of his nationalist agenda.
Speaking from a teleprompter, Trump twice paused awkwardly to drink from a water bottle as he recounted both the trip to five Asian countries -- in a nearly day-by-day, travelogue style -- and previous trips to the Mideast and Europe. He declared that the U.S. has never been more respected across the globe and that Americans are again “optimistic about the future, confident in our values and proud of our history and role in the world.”